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Forum: Rotorheads
9th Nov 2018, 11:01
Replies: 617
Views: 176,242
Posted By Reely340

Well, it appears there are entities with quite a...

Well, it appears there are entities with quite a different view:[/color]
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Nov 2018, 07:44
Replies: 617
Views: 176,242
Posted By Reely340

Finally they fixed it! :D Since when is this...

Finally they fixed it! :D
Since when is this the case? A buddy of mine flying HEMS in an EC135 confirmed that the AFM demanded pump toggling when the active one is running dry due to fuselage...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Nov 2018, 15:23
Replies: 617
Views: 176,242
Posted By Reely340

Consider this: there are (were) many BO105s...

Consider this: there are (were) many BO105s flying around, where so I'm told, you switch on both transfers pumps and leave them that way till end of trip.
No toggling them depending on whether one...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Nov 2015, 11:47
Replies: 617
Views: 176,242
Posted By Reely340

If I read you right, you try to establish how...

If I read you right, you try to establish how both pumps could end up off, due to recurring F PUMP FWD/AFT cautions.

I think your are not picturing the (presumed!) fuel management of most EC135...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Nov 2015, 15:26
Replies: 617
Views: 176,242
Posted By Reely340

At least not for single pilot operations.:yuk: ...

At least not for single pilot operations.:yuk:

Adding a Copilot attending to those switches and acknowledging them captions, it'd be a very safe aircraft :E:E
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Oct 2015, 20:15
Replies: 617
Views: 176,242
Posted By Reely340

Well, people in the know pointed to "Excessive...

Well, people in the know pointed to "Excessive lack of practize":
See full post:...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Oct 2015, 12:19
Replies: 617
Views: 176,242
Posted By Reely340

There is hope, at last: :ok: And of...

There is hope, at last:

:ok:

And of course where there is light there has to be shadow:
:{ :ugh:

Both quotes taken from Final Clutha crash report leaves many questions unanswered | Vertical...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Oct 2015, 11:45
Replies: 617
Views: 176,242
Posted By Reely340

A friend of mine, who was assisting a HEMS Corp....

A friend of mine, who was assisting a HEMS Corp. fleet admin, claimed EC135 come (came?) with different types of transfer pumps. There are pumps (model years?, configurations?) that can run dry up to...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Oct 2015, 17:38
Replies: 617
Views: 176,242
Posted By Reely340

I was just trying to picture a plausible...

I was just trying to picture a plausible situation, where a +5000h pilot won't look like a crazy risk taking doofus but someone plagued by knowingly unreliable electronics.
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Oct 2015, 17:00
Replies: 617
Views: 176,242
Posted By Reely340

But you'd cycle between fwd-pump_ON +...

But you'd cycle between fwd-pump_ON + aft-pump_OFF and fwd-pump_OFF + aft-pump_ON,
you'd never switch them both off, right?

Is there ANY airborne situation at all, where you'd switch off fwd AND...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Oct 2015, 12:13
Replies: 617
Views: 176,242
Posted By Reely340

Interesting. If going for the switched at all,...

Interesting. If going for the switched at all, why not toggle between "front on" for cruise and "rear on" for hover?
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Oct 2015, 18:40
Replies: 617
Views: 176,242
Posted By Reely340

Thomas coupling...

Thomas coupling (http://www.pprune.org/members/19161-thomas-coupling), my hat is off to that honest statement of yours! :D:ok:
It is perfectly in sync with what a freind of mine told me (then HEMS...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Oct 2015, 15:51
Replies: 617
Views: 176,242
Posted By Reely340

But even with all logging and recording equipment...

But even with all logging and recording equipment imaginable,
what we still won't know is why the pilot lacked a helicopter pilot's basic
skill: autorotation.

That's not a beauty contest, but...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Oct 2015, 08:06
Replies: 617
Views: 176,242
Posted By Reely340

Please elaborate :confused: If pilots do not...

Please elaborate :confused:

If pilots do not regulary pratice "twin EOL" (at least with power recovery at 10ft AGL), how should they be able to survive twin flame outs?

I'd say besides all...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Oct 2015, 06:45
Replies: 617
Views: 176,242
Posted By Reely340

..and pratice EOL in twins twice a year. In...

..and pratice EOL in twins twice a year.
In situations mirroring your kind of work.
(read: in the night if you work at night).

Lacking that skill was the major reason why all had to die.
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Oct 2015, 17:24
Replies: 617
Views: 176,242
Posted By Reely340

Sorry, my bad, let me detail that "beating my...

Sorry, my bad, let me detail that "beating my head onto the wall" :
That tiny half sentence of the report describing that the over head switch board got dislodged and moved downward over the cockpit...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Oct 2015, 10:53
Replies: 617
Views: 176,242
Posted By Reely340

True. Especially as being "driven downwards...

True.
Especially as being "driven downwards onto the upper surface of the panel"
would mean that any switch that touched said panel during being driven
would be flipped into the "back" position,...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Oct 2015, 08:58
Replies: 617
Views: 176,242
Posted By Reely340

Depends if you view the AFM as real reason :E ...

Depends if you view the AFM as real reason :E
(p. 3 - 26):
.F PUMP FWD
(MISC)
Conditions/Indications
Failure of forward fuel transfer pump, or dry run.
Procedure
1. Fuel level in the main...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Oct 2015, 20:06
Replies: 617
Views: 176,242
Posted By Reely340

I find it weird that apparently noone considered,...

I find it weird that apparently noone considered, that on the way back to base G-SPAO's CAD looked exactly like Figure 11, p.53 (G-NWEM during test) of the final report:
a) Both supply tanks...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Oct 2015, 13:19
Replies: 617
Views: 176,242
Posted By Reely340

My vision of possible occurrences after reading...

My vision of possible occurrences after reading the final report:

- both supply tanks did falsly indicated full on the CAD
(a 0.5ml (!) water globule at the capacitance based fuel sensors can do...
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